Category: Washington Post

source Did you know that until you have chosen and purchased your appliances, you can’t begin designing your kitchen? Jan Romanuk (my long-time dear friend and past business partner) says many of her clients are surprised to learn that this is the first step inside any kitchen renovation. Three years… Continue Reading →

I’m working on the press page for my new website (my new blog will be located at mariakillam.com when it goes live) and we need one place to link all my Washington Post mentions (five) so that’s why you are getting this recap today! How to Shop for Wallpaper: Washington Post blog… Continue Reading →

Thank you to the Washington Post for including this post in your blog watch, September 17, 2009! There’s wallpaper that you can buy off-the-shelf in a paint store–rolls of it, pre-selected in bulk quantities—but the choices are slim. To get the best selection, ordering through wallpaper books is the best… Continue Reading →

Lets talk about how to create a vignette or tablescape. First, thank you to the Washington Post for including this post in your blog watch, August 13, 2009! Last week while vacationing in Toronto, I did a little shopping (of course). Walking in and out of all the wonderful stores… Continue Reading →

Thank you to the Washington Post for including this post in your blog watch, July 9, 2009! Some of you know that I recently purchased Janice Lindsay’s new book called “All About Colour” [below] and then wrote a post about the first thing I read when I opened the book… Continue Reading →

For the second week in a row my blog is in the Washington Post Blog Watch. This week it was for the post I just wrote on the 5 Questions to consider when selecting a new colour for your kitchen! So I just had to post this image sent to me… Continue Reading →

Thank you to the Washington Post for including this post in your blog watch, March 26, 2009! One of my clients generously allowed me to photograph her kitchen [last week] so that I could walk through [with you] the new colour we chose and why? flickr colour wheel This is… Continue Reading →

It took 3 comments this morning for me to clue in that my blog was in Washington Post’s “Our picks to click this week”. That is very exciting! My client Suzanne (whose apartment I featured) in the post “The right way to create flow using Colour” and I are about… Continue Reading →

Thank you to the Washington Post for including this post in your blog watch, March 19, 2009! When a client calls me to inquire about a colour consultation, here’s the question they need answered more than anything else: How do you create flow, and how do you transition the colour… Continue Reading →